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This program was pre-recorded on Saturday, January 17, 2026

Theme:  Dave Van Ronk, Sunday Street (SUNDAY STREET, Philo)

Opening set  
The Grateful Dead, Weather Report Suite (WAKE OF THE FLOOD, Warner Brothers) 

Set # 2  
Bobby and the Midnites, Book of Rules (BOBBY AND THE MIDNIGHTS, Arista) 
Bobby and the Midnites, Festival  (BOBBY AND THE MIDNIGHTS, Arista) 
Bruce Hornsby, Jack Straw (INTERSECTIONS 1985-2005, Legacy) 
Suzanne Vega, Cassidy (DEADICATED, Arista) 

Set # 3   
Bob Weir & The Wolf Brothers, Only A River (LIVE IN COLORADO, Third Man) 
Tom Waits, Shenandoah (SON OF ROGUES GALLERY, Anti-)
John Stewart, The Day The River Sang (THE DAY THE RIVER SANG, Appleseed) 
Steve Earle & The Dukes, Harlem River Blues (J.T., New West) 
The Standells, Dirty Water (single, Tower) 

Set # 4
*Wilbur Sargunaraj w/KimOJax, Greenland is Not For Sale (via YouTube)
*Patty Griffin, Back At The Start (CROWN OF ROSES, PGM/Thirty Tigers) 2025
The Flying Pickets, Psycho Killer (LOST BOYS, 10 Records)
*Jesse Welles, Masks Off (via YouTube)
Lou Reed, Busload of Faith (NEW YORK, Sire)

Set # 5
Patty Griffin, Up to the Mountain (MLK Song), (CHILDREN RUNNING THROUGH, ATO) 
Neal & Leandra, Ready For Memphis (STRANGER TO MY KIN, Uncle Gus)
Mavis Staples, My Own Eyes (WE'LL NEVER TURN BACK, Anti-) 
Mavis Staples w/Levon Helm, This Is My Country (CARRY ME HOME, Anti-) 

Set # 6
*Josh Ritter, Theophany (single, Pytheas)
*The Milk Carton Kids, A Friend Like You (from forthcoming album LOST CAUSE LOVER FOOL, Thirty Tigers)

Set # 7
Grateful Dead, Estimated Prophet (TERRAPIN STATION, Arista) 
Sloan Wainwright, Box of Rain (SLOAN WAINWRIGHT, Waterbug) 
Warren Zevon, Casey Jones (DEADICATED, Arista) 
*Freedy Johnston, Poor Poor Pitiful Me (KEEP ME IN YOUR HEART, Paradiddle)
*James Maddock, Reconsider Me (KEEP ME IN YOUR HEART, Paradiddle)
Wood, Let Me Fall (SONGS FROM STAMFORD HILL, Columbia)

(Sloan Wainwright plays WUSB's Sunday Street Series on Sunday, April 19th and 5 P.M.
James Maddock plays the series on Sunday, March 1st at 5 P.M. Information at www.sundaystreet.org)

Set # 8
Bob Weir & Rib Wasserman, When I Paint My Masterpiece (FALL 1989: THE LONG ISLAND SOUND, ATO)
Bob Weir, Desolation Row (FALL 1989: THE LONG ISLAND SOUND, ATO)

Dylan
Bob Dylan w/Joan Baez, When The Ship Comes in (LIVE 1962-66: PERFORMANCES FROM THE COPYRIGHT COLLECTION, Legacy)
Bob Dylan, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (LIVE 1975: BOOTLEG SERIES V.5, Columbia)
Bob Dylan & Clydie King, Abraham, Martin and John (TROUBLE NO MORE, 1979-1981-BOOTLEG SERIES V.13, Columbia) 

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